Monaco (22-11) knows that victory will be enough to grab home-court advantage for the playoffs with a visit from Bayern (13-20), which aims to reverse a recent slide of four consecutive losses that spelled postseason elimination.
Pablo Laso, Bayern: 'They can win the EuroLeague'
Seasons
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Regular Season
Round 34 of 34
Regular Season
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Monaco grabbed an 80-91 win in Munich earlier this season behind 28 points from the inevitable Mike James (18.7 points per game), who is locked in a battle with Baskonia's Markus Howard (19 points per game) to finish the regular season as top scorer. Monaco, which has won all five previous meetings between the teams, will also look to the defensive talents of John Brown to make like difficult for Bayern, with his average of 1.2 steals leading a smothering Monaco defense that has forced more turnovers (13.5 per game) than any other team.
Pablo Laso, Bayern head coach
"Monaco has been able to invest a lot in players in recent years, and now they are a dominant team in the EuroLeague, with one of the best players of all time, Mike James. Their team is very well-rounded, with many offensive weapons and very athletic. They are one of the teams, in my opinion, that can win the EuroLeague. It will be very difficult, especially since they lost in the league over the weekend. Every game is important for us, including this one, even though we no longer have a chance at the play-ins. But every game is an opportunity to build something new, to improve, and maybe even to bring back someone like Devin (Booker), who was out for a few weeks. For us, it's like starting a new season, and now we want to try to stay in first place in the BBL."